{"product_id":"9781472835352-retribution","title":"Retribution","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed Eastern Front\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexpert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II’s Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II’s Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, \u003ci\u003eRetribution\u003c\/i\u003e follows on from \u003ci\u003eOn A Knife’s Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and counter­offensives that followed throughout the winter of 1942–43. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning towards the end of the Battle of Kursk, \u003ci\u003eRetribution \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the massive Soviet offensive that followed the end of Operation \u003ci\u003eZitadelle, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich saw depleted and desperate German troops forced out of Western Ukraine. This title describes in detail the little-known series of near-constant battles that saw a weakened German army confronted by a tactically sophisticated force of over six million Soviet troops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a result, the Wehrmacht was driven back to the Dnepr and German forces remaining in the Kuban Peninsula south of Rostov were forced back into the Crimea, a retreat which would become one of many in the months that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451494969718,"sku":"9781472835352","price":18.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29626691.jpg?v=1760462753","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472835352-retribution","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}